Social Worker at kjz Dietikon

The Office for Youth and Vocational Counseling Canton Zürich, office for the districts of Affoltern, Dietikon, Horgen, is a cantonal competence center that offers professional support in the areas of family/youth and vocational counseling. The Child and Youth Welfare Center (kjz) is a counseling center for families, parents, adolescents, children, and toddlers and works on the basis of the Child and Youth Welfare Act of the Canton Zürich. For our kjz team in Dietikon, we are looking for starting 1 November 2026 or by arrangement a social worker ## Belonging, meaningfulness and competence We are a well-coordinated team with a lot of professional competence, humor and creativity. We support each other, enjoy working interdisciplinary and are committed to child protection. Tasks You advise and accompany children, adolescents and parents within the framework of child protection measures in mandate management as well as on a voluntary basis. In addition, you carry out investigations in case of suspected child welfare endangerment on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authorities (KESB). You fulfill your tasks in cooperation with family systems, authorities, schools as well as other institutions and specialist centers. Profile You have a degree in Social Work (FH) and bring experience in youth and family welfare. We are looking for you as a solution-oriented and resilient personality with high social competence, an appreciative basic attitude and joy in teamwork. Administrative activities as well as the creation of reports and file notes are easy for you. Benefits We offer you a meaningful, versatile and demanding activity in an exciting and interdisciplinary field of work. We will introduce you carefully, because child protection means teamwork and support from management. Internal continuing education offers are available and of course we also participate in external continuing education. The employment conditions correspond to the cantonal guidelines. We look forward to your application. Please capture your complete application documents via the application tool. Applications via email will not be considered.